The destroying angel
The destroying angel is a notorious mushroom, because it’s quite deadly. It’s also very handsome and stately. When you are learning mushrooms, this is a good one to learn early on. Spore print color, the annulus, the volva…all these things can help you tell it apart from friendlier mushrooms, if you know what to look for.
The Friday Afternoon Mycologist
Wherein we inaugurate a series of occasional outbursts from the Friday Afternoon Mycologist. After you work at any job long enough, Friday afternoons take on their own feel. Sometimes your energy level keeps you going right to the end of the day with the task you are supposed to be doing. At other times, the […]
I survived the “Destroying Angel”
In one of our most popular posts, Richard Eshelman tells the story of his near-death experience after eating the destroying angel mushroom, Amanita bisporigera.
Flash Fungus Fun
A note from Kathie, the Editor Jakub Dvorský of Amanita Design brings us mysterious little flash games with lovely fungus-laden scenery: check out Samorost and Samorost2. These two are cult classics in the flash gaming community. In each, your task is to puzzle and click your way through a quest: rescue your dog (abducted by […]
Stalking the Hen of the Woods
A beautiful Fall find, the Hen of the Woods. It’s big, it tastes great, and it might just cure what ails you.
A spider’s nightmare
I’m no fan of spiders, but I have to admire them when they are thoroughly dead and covered in fungus. Here are two fungusy spiders in glorious rotation. That’s right, I’m no fan of spiders, but I am definitely a fan of fungi.
The world in your oyster
The oyster mushroom has many secrets. Yes, the one you can buy in the supermarket (or find in the woods). It is a predator of sorts, but don’t worry, it normally goes for lesser prey than you and I.